hotmailsucks Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 I got a Acer Aspire 5520G with a AMD Turion 64 x2 Mobile Tech. CPU and I have downloaded the iATKOS v4a Leopard 10.5.4 DVD (AMD ONLY) ISO. But when I put it in my CD-Rom and hit a buttom it says: system config file '/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found WHAT to do? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121518-mac-osx-1054-on-acer-aspire-5520g-amd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACER5520G Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I have the same problem on the same notebook. I tried the zephyroth too but it hangs up at something "Loading HFS+ file: ..." and returns to the countdown screen. I tried even booting with -s, -w cpus=1, "Graphics Mode"="1280x800x32@60", etc... all possible combinations, and nothing works, it gets me back to the countdown screen. Now I'm downloading Leo4all... last hope. Did anyone try to install it on Acer 5520G? Can someone help us, please? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121518-mac-osx-1054-on-acer-aspire-5520g-amd/#findComment-952682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
og-phantom Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I have the same laptop...I have tried; Kalyway 10.5.2, iatkos (many versions), ideneb and leo4all....All have that same error, about not being able to find the boot.plist..... Anyone get this laptop working with OSX? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121518-mac-osx-1054-on-acer-aspire-5520g-amd/#findComment-953022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACER5520G Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 It seems that all 3 DVDs that I mentioned in the previous post starts booting sometimes if you CTRL+ALT+DEL a few times (or a lot ) in the "boot:" prompt (try this: just before the countdown screen appears press the space key repeatedlyto get a key press and the DVD does not stop rotating in your DVD device... even if you burned it at 2x .... do not press enter... don't know why with enter it does not boot.) but chipset drivers are not on the DVD and when getting to the Disk Utility it does not see the SATA hard disk and you cannot install. Also you cannot switch the HDD to AHCI in this notebook BIOS. I'm trying iDeneb, the patched DVD this weekend... maybe this will work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121518-mac-osx-1054-on-acer-aspire-5520g-amd/#findComment-958466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schady4 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 It seems that all 3 DVDs that I mentioned in the previous post starts booting sometimes if you CTRL+ALT+DEL a few times (or a lot ) in the "boot:" prompt (try this: just before the countdown screen appears press the space key repeatedlyto get a key press and the DVD does not stop rotating in your DVD device... even if you burned it at 2x .... do not press enter... don't know why with enter it does not boot.) but chipset drivers are not on the DVD and when getting to the Disk Utility it does not see the SATA hard disk and you cannot install. Also you cannot switch the HDD to AHCI in this notebook BIOS. I'm trying iDeneb, the patched DVD this weekend... maybe this will work. if you have access to an external dvd drive in the usb variety i've had alot of luck with installs. i have an acer extensa 5420 with an amd processor, ati rs690 chipset. Kalyway and Leo4all have both worked as well as iDeneb 1 external harddrive + 1 external dvd drive= equal happy install with any ati chipset lately for me that is. You can copy your install over to you main laptop using copyx i think that's the program. Not knowing what your chipset is on your laptop i can't say if it's totally compatible but good luck if you go the route i suggest. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121518-mac-osx-1054-on-acer-aspire-5520g-amd/#findComment-958594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortran Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 there's a set of scripts to run before the install, i just dont recall on top of my head (ill do some search) i had the same laptop and succesfully installed leo4all v3 (no wifi or sound tho) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121518-mac-osx-1054-on-acer-aspire-5520g-amd/#findComment-958607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACER5520G Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Tried the patched iDeneb. I'll buy an external hard disk to install on. @Fortran... if you remembered the scripts please post them here with a brief explanation if you please... I was looking everwhere about this notebook and found nothing about how to install on it. Thank you. @schady4... the chipset on this notebook is NFORCE MCP67, and iDeneb patched has the kexts for it but not working with SATA, and the BIOS is very summary in options. you cannot switch it to AHCI or something like I've read somewhere on the forum. Thanks for the tip ... I am buying an external hard drive as soon as I wake up . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121518-mac-osx-1054-on-acer-aspire-5520g-amd/#findComment-959452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
candykane Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 i've bin digging around for a friend and found you guys have a mcp67 Chipset there is a excellent how to guide for that chipset see link below How-to mcp67 SATA, Full speed mcp67 nforce 5 sata http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=110817 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121518-mac-osx-1054-on-acer-aspire-5520g-amd/#findComment-1059278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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